Buggy-top



Patented .lune 20, |899.4 A. TESCH.

BUGGY TOP UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST TESCH, OF HELMER, ILLINOIS.

BUGGY-TOF.l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,154, dated June 20, 1899.

Application filed November l2, 1898. Serial No. 696,225. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST TEscH, a citi- State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buggy-Tops, of which the following is a specification, and which are fully illu strated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to openable buggytops, which consist of a plurality of rigid bows, over which is secured a fabric canopy. It is applicable alike to buggies or any other style of vehicle in connection with which it is desired to provide a collapsible cover.

The objects of the invention are to provide for the compact folding of a top of this class when collapsed and for an adjustment of the forward section of the top, so as to adapt it, when desired, to serve as a storm-hood.

The invention consists of the various parts and arrangements of parts as hereinafter described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-L Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of my improved top as applied to a vehicleseat. Fig. 2 is a detail section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of a buggy-seat, showing the top in its collapsed position. Fig. l is a detail section on the line 4. 4 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a detail plan View of the vehicle-seat 'and the frame ofthe cover.

An ordinary buggy-seat is shown in the drawings at A, and the flexible cover for the top is shown at B. The main bows of the frame of the top are shown at C D, the forward bow C being pivoted to a forwardlyprojecting lug e at the lower end of the rearward bow D. The latter bow is pivotally carried by a pin f, set in a loop-block F, which slides upon aswinging arm H, pivoted, as shown, at h to the forward end of the side of the buggy-seat A or to an appurtenance thereof and adapted to fold downwardly and backwardly, a binding-screw f being set through the loop-block F so as to impinge against the arm H and secure the block thereto in any, desired position. A small stud h :may project laterally from the arm H near its upper end, so as to prevent the loop-block .F from being entirely removed therefrom.

The pin f also'prcjects loosely through the end of a swinging arm K, pivoted, as shown, at 7o, at the rearward corner of the buggy-A seat A, so that j it may fold downwardly and forwardly.

An ordinaryjointed spreading-brace c' conL nects the bows C D. A segmental arm is secured rigidly to the bow D and extends backwardly and downwardly therefrom, being concentric with the pivot-pin fand passing through a loop-block M, secured to a lateral lugo, formed on the arm K.

A binding-screw m projects through one side of the loop-block M, so as to impinge against the face of the arm O to secure it in any adjusted position. When the top is collapsed, the members C D l-l K lie side by side along the end of the seat A, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the ends of the bows C D being at the front of the seat and their tops extending but a short distance back of tlie latter.

To extend the top, the arm K is raised, thereby elevating the arm H. The bows C D are spread apart, and the top as a whole is given any desired pitch by th'e proper adjustment of the loop-block M with the segmental arm O.

A forward extension of the top may be provided for by the use of an additional bow I), which is carried by ,the bow C, being connected therewith by means of a short link bar p, pivoted to the two bows, and by means of the ordinary jointed spreading brace-arm go By this arrangement the bow P may be thrown upwardly, as shown in solid lines in Fig. l, 0r may be brought down by swinging the link-bar p downwardly, thereby providing au efficient storm-hood. When the top is collapsed, the forward extension may of course be left open in either of its positions, and when in the position relatively as to the bow C (indicated bydotted lines in Fig. l) it will afford a back-rest for theoccupaut of the vehicle-seat.

While I have shown but three bows, it is obvious that the number may be increased at the pleasure of the builder and without departing from the scope of the invention. It

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will be understood, of course, that the top is alikev at both sides, the various parts described being duplicated.

I claim as my inventionl. In a buggy-top and the like, the combination with bows in pivotal relation, of a pair of swinging arms, as K, pivoted to vehicle and carrying the bows, and a second pair of swinging arms, as H, pivoted to the vehicle, each of the arms K being connected with so as to slide upon one of the arms II.

2. In a buggy-top and the like, the combination with bows in pivotal'relation, of a pair of swinging arms, as K, pivoted to vehicle and carrying the bows, and a second pair of swinging arms, as I-I, pivoted to the vehicle, each of the arms K being connected with so asV to slide upon one of the arms H, an arm adjustably connecting the rearward bow of the top with each of the arms K.

3. In a buggy-top and the like, the combination with bows irrpvotal relation, of a pair of swinging arms, as K, pivoted to Vehicle and carrying the bows, and a second pair of swinging arms, as Il, pivoted to the vehicle,

each of the arms K being connected with so as to slide upon one of the arms H, a segmental arm xed to the rearward bow of the top and in sliding engagement with the arm K, and means for securing it in an adjusted position with .relation to such arm.

4. In a buggy-top, the combination witha plurality of bows swinging from approxi,- mately the same center, of a forward bow supported at its ends by rigid link-bars pivotally secured to the adjacent bow and having a range of movement extending above and below the horizontal.

5. In a buggy-top, the combination witha frame comprising a plurality of bows, a swinging arm for carrying such frame, means for adjustably supporting such arms, an extension-front bow, and a rigid link for supporting such bow and being connected with the frame.

AUGUST TESOH. 

